Re: How to improve the readability of (any) LISP or any highlevel functional language to the level of FORTH ?

[Tim Harig]

On 2011-01-04, Tim Bradshaw <tfb@tfeb.org> wrote:
> On 2011-01-04 08:02:35 +0000, Tim Harig said:
>
>>      LISP users on the other hand, never seem to be able to let
>>      go of LISP when the situation requires it.
>
> I think this probably is not the case.  It may be the case that the 
> Lisp users *you hear from* often have this view, but I don't think 
> those people are necessarily very representative of Lisp users as a 
> whole.  Of course I can't really infer much about the ones you don't 
> hear from other than in a sort of dark-energy way - implementors are 
> probably the only people who might have a chance of knowing about them 
> in any reliable way.

The loudest voices in the crowd tend to characterize the crowd.
Unfortunately, to my point, those vocal zealots in the LISP community
are not doing it any favors.

Perhaps I am alone in this, but I don't much appreciate being part of
communities that are too openly negative towards others.  It really puts
a poor taste in my mouth.  I am a right tool for the right job kind
of person and I prefer communities that are open enough to be able to
properly evaluate the role of their chosen tools compared to others.